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Table A. PRISON ACCOMMODATION AND PRISONERS. Table showing Accommodation, Number of Prisoners, etc., at the several Prisons of the Dominion during the Year 1927.

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_ Number of Persons for whom there is Accommodation Name of Prison. Number of Persons at Number received during Number discharged or Number in Prison at In Separate Cells for In Wards or Cells for Beginning of Year. Year. transferred. End of Year. One Prisoner. more than One Total. Prisoner. M - F - M. F. M. I F. M. F. T. j M. | F. T. M. | F. T. M. F. T. Addington (Women's Reformatory) .. 32 .. .. 32 .. 24 24 83 83 78 78 .. 29 29 Auckland .. .. .. 277 11 104 3 381 14 379 24 403 1,623 102 1,725 1,588 ! 106 1,694 «4 20 434 Hautu (Tokaanu) .. .. 20 .. 31 .. 51 .. 33 .. 33 34 .. 34 20 I 20 47 .. 47 Invercargill .. .. ..11 1 .. .. 11 1 11 .. 11 87 3 90 88 : 3 91 10 10 Invercargill (Borstal Institution) .. 171 .. 9 .. 180 .. 199 .. 199 152 i 152 107 .. 107 244 .. 244 Napier .. .. .. 22 4 2 .. 24 4 16 1 17 250 1 251 237 : 2 239 29 " 29 New Plymouth .. .. .. 55 3 10 .. 65 3 65 1 66 141 1 142 151 I 2 153 55 . 55 Paparua (Templeton) .. .. 140 .. 6 .. 146 .. 146 ..146 551 .. 551 527 i 527 170 .. 170 Pt. Halswell (Women's Reformatory) .. 14 .. .. .. 14 .. 6 ; 6 .. 65 65 63 63 .. 8 8 Point Halswell (Borstal Institution) .. 43 .. .. .. 43 .. 43 i 43 .. 30 30 .. 35 35 38 38 Rangipo .. .. .. 26 ; 4 .. 30 .. 18 ..18 23 .. 23 18 .. 18 23 .. 23 Waikeria (Reformatory) .. .. 22 j .. .. 22 .. 44 .. 44 37 .. 37 53 .. 53 28 .. 28 Waikeria (Borstal Institution) .. 81 j 31 .. 112 .. 88 .. 88 68 .. 68 55 .. 55 101 .. 101 Waikune (Erua) .. .. 24 .. 68 1 92 .. 84 .. 84 56 .. 56 74 .. 74 66 . . 66 Wanganui .. .. .. .... 40 3 40 3 32 .. 32 178 10 188 179 10 189 31 .. 31 Wellington .. .. .. 107 75 .. 182 .. 125 .. 125 968 .. 968 965 .. 965 128 .. 128 Wi Tako (Trentham) .. .. 74 .. 7 .. 81 .. 67 .. 67 100 .. 100 93 .. 93 74 .. 74 Minor prisons and police-gaols .. 59 16 54 18 113 34 28 .. 28 830 14 844 825 13 838 33 1 34 Police lock-ups* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. i 95 1 96 95 1 96 Totals .. .. 1,089 ! 124 j 441 24 1,530 148 1,335 99 j 1,434 : 5,193 | 310 j 5,503 5,075 313 5,388 1,453 96 1,549 * Deemed to be prisons under the provisions of section 17 of the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917.